Gazetteer

is formed in W Union County by the confluence of East Fork Twelvemile Creek and West Fork Twelvemile Creek and flows SW into Catawba River in South Carolina.

rises in NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and flows SW into Little Tennessee River. Named because it is 20 mi. from the junction of Tuckasegee and Little Tennessee Rivers.

NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Its center is near lat. 35°28'50" N., long. 83°50'15" W.

in S Jackson County on Long Branch mi. N of Fairfield Lake. Alt. approx. 3,420.

N Wilkes County between East Prong Roaring River and Little Sandy Creek.

community in N central Alleghany County. Alt. 2,624.

mound and trees 4 mi. N of Lenoir, central Caldwell County. According to local tradition, the Cherokee and Catawba Indians fought there for almost a week, until they became exhausted. They then made a pact declaring that thereafter, the two tribes would live in peace. As a token, they constructed a mound of rocks and tied two young poplar trees together. The trees, now giants of the forest, stand approx. 12 ft. apart at the base, and approx. 20 ft. above the ground they join to form a single tree.

springs near Cedar Knob in SE Buncombe County; the source of a small unnamed stream that flows NW into Grassy Creek.

community in W Rutherford County served by post office, 1884-1907.

rises in SW Guilford County and flows E into Deep River. Appears as Third Creek on the Collet map, 1770.